Province announces 147 new cases of COVID-19

After a weekend that saw well over 200 new COVID-19 cases a day, the province says we are seeing well under 200 cases today with 147 new cases.  That is the lowest one-day total since March 23 and combined with 266 recoveries puts the active case count in Saskatchewan at 2,141.  For the third day in a row, there are no deaths.

The new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 2; North West, 11; North Central, 9; North East, 6; Saskatoon, 43; Central East, 8; Regina, 35; South West, 10; South Central, 11; and South East, 9.    There are 134 new variants of concern that have been identified.

Cases infected with a variant of concern (VoC), as of May 10, 2021

Zone VoCs Detected
by Screening
VoCs Sequenced
(WGS)
B.1.1.7 UK B.1.351 SA P.1 Brazilian
Far North West 187 39 38 1
Far North East 6
North West 318 84 56 28
North Central 237 45 36 9
North East 50 6 5 1
Saskatoon 1,029 283 277 6
Central West 90 47 47
Central East 373 126 125 1
Regina 4,223 1,933 1,932 1
South West 274 102 93 9
South Central 612 374 372 2
South East 863 387 387
Pending 130 10 10
Totals 8,392 3,436 3,378 9 49

 

 

Daily COVID-19 map for May 10, 2021

156 people are in hospital including 37 in intensive care.

The seven-day daily average now stands at 204.

There were 9,124 vaccines administered on Sunday with over 4,000 of those coming in the Saskatoon region.

Status of Priority Population Vaccinations, as of May 9, 2021
Group Estimated
Population
Received
First Dose
Fully Vaccinated
Age 80+ 51,307 45,183 (88%) 12,804 (25%)
Age 70-79 79,818 69,015 (86%) 5,571 (7%)
Age 60-69 138,471 110,679 (80%) 5,397 (4%)
Age 50-59 147,466 98,338 (67%) 6,790 (5%)
Age 40-49 151,896 82,595 (54%) 5,802 (4%)
Age 30-39 183,246 49,336 (27%) 5,838 (3%)

More from 620 CKRM